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State v. Bustamante

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided August 2, 2000No. 97-32-C.APublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

GOLDBERG, Justice.

This case came before the Supreme Court on the appeal of Adrian Bustamante (Bustamante or defendant) from judgments of conviction for murder in the first degree and conspiracy to murder following a jury trial in the Providence County Superior Court. The defendant was sentenced to a term of life imprisonment without parole and to a concurrent ten-year sentence for conspiracy to murder.

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2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. United States v. Irie E. Leonard, United States of America v. James L. SarvisCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
  3. United States v. Leon A. CohenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
  4. State v. BettencourtSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1999
  5. State v. AnthonySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1980

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. State v. ClarkSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2009
  2. State v. OliveiraSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2001
  3. Bustamante v. WallSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2005
  4. Ouch v. KheaSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2009
  5. State v. ThorntonSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2002

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